This post marks the 100th post of HCVVorld of Travels, Environment and Photography. This is also the very first posting on my first trip to Singapore for the first time since 25 years ago. As promised in the previous post, I am going to post about the Safari of Singapore or widely known as Singapore Zoo. The Singapore Zoo followed the trend of displaying animals in naturalistic, 'open' exhibits with hidden barriers, with or without moats, and glass between the animals and visitors.But what fascinates me is the night safari show emphasizing on environmental education. That will be explained and shown throughout this post. Enjoy the pics then.
For starters, the visitors were greeted by a family of cotton-top tamarins. These species` life span in captivity has been as high as 25 years whereas life span in the wild is about 13–16 years. According to sources in Wikipedia, the wild population is estimated at about 6000, with 2000 adults. This species is critically endangered, having lost more than three-quarters of its original habitat to deforestation.
Next, are the more common ones which are the hard talking lively parrots
Pointed Nose Croc with its mouth half opened.
awww...the family of beavers are still sleeping...soo cuteee.. but i got to see them awake during the night safari session.
And here, I got the chance to see the white tiger again but at a less closer range. For photos of WHITE TIGER CUBS in South Africa, please click here.
And say hie to the hippo. Really huge eyee it have.
Say hie to Pumbaa and its girlfriend. Wanna find out where is Timon? here it is.
Two pythons curling together. Never seen the texture color before.
Back into the wild from the down under in Australia, here comes the kangaroo. Well it took me about 15 mins to wait for any of the kangaroo to start hopping but nah..they became too lazy here.
And through this glass, we can see the digging activities of the squirrels. and of coz grooming..very cute indeed.
WILD CATS a cousin of the Leopard and Cheetah
The lion king of the jungle and its two wives. For more lions of South Africa, please click here.
At leat 100 years old tortoise from Galapagos island?
Zebras and giraffes are also part of the Singapore Zoo
and also an orang utan imported from the Borneo Island
Here is something which is not common to me. The Gila Monster. It sounds like a `crazy monster` to me in my national language in Malaysia. The crazy Gila Monster is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. A heavy, slow-moving lizard, up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) long. What the heck? A venomous lizard? sounds crazy to me.
Next is the close relative of the Gila Monster. That:s it..the Komodo Dragon. The K-Dragon is the lage species of monitor lizards found mainly in the Indonesian region
Upon the end of the day touring in the Safari, next is the night safari which was the main course of the day.
The night was started with fiery performance from fire stuntmen. The photo above shows a kid inserting fire rod into the mouth of the performer. That kid is actually a spectator but was cool and brave enough to join the performance.
On the left we can see that the beavers have awaken and started swimming around and on the right side is the mousedeer.
The final performance of the day is the performance by the animals of the zoo. Truthfully, I expected some stunt shows by the animals but to my surprise and yes to my liking, they produced a show based on environmental education. And in this photo, it shows a squirrel performed solid waste separation for recycling purposes. Such is really good towards education fellow spectators on the importance of 3R and solid waste management.
Well that`s all for now. Next post will be up again soon on Yokohama which will be my place of residence for 6 months.
